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2 Peter 1:3, By HIS power, Confidence, Encouragement, Hebrews 13:5-6, HOPE, John 15:15-16, Matthew 28:19-20, Philippians 4;13, Remember, Titus 1:2
Bible Ballistics: BBs #575 Be A Can-Do Believer???
Just a brief word of encouragement this Friday morning. We talked the other day about things that distract and discourage us, and life gets so hectic around us, we just need to be reminded that believers in Jesus belong to the “God Who Sees” (See Genesis 16 for the whole story). Our God has provided for us through the redeeming sacrifice of our Lord Jesus, and in His power and through His Spirit we can ‘be’ what God has called us to ‘be’; we can do whatever God calls us to do, we can go where-ever God sends us; we can truly be victorious in Jesus (oh, that might make a great song—ha ha)! So, let’s just take a few minutes this morning (or whatever time of day you are reading this) and rehearse the goodness and provision of our God!
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me
in heaven
and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations,
baptizing them
in the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them
to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo,
I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world.
Amen.” Matthew 29:18-20
It’s said that the “go ye” can literally be translated as “as you are going”—be, do, and take the truth of the cross everywhere you go! I can do that—because Jesus said I could, because “all power” is HIS, and HE has shared it with His own! And remember that “all” is a simple Greek word that means, “ALL”! Yet God never asks us to be, do or go ‘alone’!
“Let your conversation
be without covetousness;
and be content
with such things as ye have:
for he hath said,
I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say,
The Lord is my helper,
and I will not fear
what man shall do
unto me.” Hebrews 13:5-6
Jesus is our strength, our sustenance, but we are so often distracted from His presence that we allow ourselves to ‘feel’ alone! But remember as we rehearse these truths from The Word of God, we need to rehearse because we are human ‘forgetters’! When one of my granddaughters was a 2 or 3-year-old, she used to say, “Somebody stole my rememberer!” Well there is more truth to that than we might think, for the enemy of our soul is ever trying to ‘steal’ our joy, our confidence, our assurance, our hope and keep us from “remembering” what GOD has said; for God cannot and does not lie! Count on it!
“In hope of eternal life,
which God,
that cannot lie,
promised
before the world began;” Titus 1:2
Whoa momma! God is our hope and confidence and unlike our enemy, who is the “father of lies”, God IS truth, Jesus IS truth; therefore, we can stand in His truth—always. And of course, we can’t leave out the most familiar of all the passages on ‘do’:
“I can do
all things
through Christ
which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13
My friends—you “can do” whatever God is leading you to do today! Don’t lose hope, don’t give up, don’t believe the lies of the enemy—but remember who has called you, who has saved you, who has provided us “all things” that we need.
“According as his divine power
hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life
and godliness,
through the knowledge
of him that hath called us
to glory and virtue:” 2 Peter 1:3
We can count on Jesus, our Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and best friend!
“Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:
but I have called you friends;
for all things that I have heard of my Father
I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me,
but I have chosen you,
and ordained you,
that ye should go
and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask
of the Father
in my name,
he may give it you.” John 15:15-16
Amen and Amen!
Bible Ballistics 